Open Markets Institute

We are a group of journalists & scholars in policy & economics working at the vanguard of antimonopoly to achieve victories that empower everyone.

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

We're doing something a little different for this event, as we focus on the messages and strategies needed to win power—and then use it to build a political economy that supports freedom, opportunity, and shared prosperity.

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

On Wednesday, June 24th, we are hosting a day-long convening on breaking the power of the oligarchy and rebuilding it for all of us.

We hope you'll join us. RSVP to attend in person or virtually here:
https://t.co/6KdmMlONtg

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

The agentic web is here.

A new report from @Sally_Hubbard argues policymakers should:
• Apply fiduciary duties to AI agents
• Ban exploitative surveillance
• Require transparency + auditing
• Promote competition

Before Big Tech locks up the future. https://t.co/deMd4KtGDI

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

Glad to hear it.

We've described AICOA as "as vital to rebuilding a more competitive and open Internet and more democratic markets for news and debate." https://t.co/yA4XQwNKaV

[Rebecca Kern @rebeccamkern]

New - @SenAmyKlobuchar and @ChuckGrassley have reintroduced their re-worked American Innovation and Choice Online Act tonight.

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

When dominant firms use loyalty programs to discourage competition, farmers lose choices and prices go up.

A notable development from DOJ's ongoing scrutiny of the seed industry: https://t.co/2BNrbToWaw

[Center for Media & Digital Governance @CMDGtech]

On Wednesday, the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority said it will force Google to give publishers real control over whether their content powers AI-generated search summaries.

It's a big deal.

From @courtneyr @techpolicypress https://t.co/W8TWmPoV3S

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

Southwest’s recent exit from O’Hare shows the once-competitive airport risks becoming another monopoly hub, a sign of the failures of airline (and airport) deregulation. https://t.co/f0o3xkqEzr

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

NEW: To take control of airport gates & squeeze out competitors, United Airlines attempted to unsafely overschedule flights at O’Hare for the summer of 2026.

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

Today, we joined @demandprogress, @econliberties, @ConsumerFed, @consumeraction, to urge government regulators to probe United’s conduct & examine structural failures of the current system of gate allocation at our airports.

Find our letter here: https://t.co/oIcay1KZNf

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

🎉🎉🎉

[Center for Media & Digital Governance @CMDGtech]

BIG NEWS in the UK as its competition regulator announces Google will need to adhere to new conduct requirements in their use of publisher content for AI Overviews.

Our reactions: https://t.co/avXaGfajtP

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

Millions of Americans are beginning to rely on AI agents.

But if those agents are controlled by Google, Amazon, Microsoft, or Meta, whose interests are they really serving?

NEW REPORT from OMI Senior Fellow @Sally_Hubbard: https://t.co/deMd4KtGDI

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

"Despite the recent formation of a food antitrust task force, the Trump administration has largely gutted government capacity to take on food corporations, and it walked back some moderate steps to change harmful business practices."
https://t.co/SIRjuAFDat

[Claire Kelloway @clairekelloway]

In the @nytopinion today with @sandeepvaheesan making the case for genuine antitrust action in the food system, not just rhetoric. https://t.co/oCR2JUXHP9

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

"The entire U.S. food system is remarkably consolidated, exploitative and fragile."
In @nytopinion, @clairekelloway & @sandeepvaheesan explain what's gone wrong with our food system & the big changes needed to fix it. https://t.co/CS3g15M2sl

[Sandeep Vaheesan @sandeepvaheesan]

1. @openmarkets just filed an amicus brief in Innovative Health v. Biosense Webster, a case before the Ninth Circuit with important implications for American healthcare and the fight for the public’s right to repair cars, electronics, and other durable equipment

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

Read the report here: https://t.co/GlY5b0qJ0V

[Open Markets Institute @openmarkets]

Tune in tomorrow as OMI fellow Matthew Scherer speaks with @Capitol_Forum about his new report: "No Bailouts for Big Tech Billionaires: Policies for when the AI bubble bursts"

[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

Next week’s conference calls:

🗓️ Tue, May 26: Katherine Van Dyck on sports media costs & antitrust
🗓️ Thu, May 28: Matthew Scherer on AI spending & bubble risks
🗓️ Fri, May 29: Weekly Tech Policy Briefing Series with Teddy Downey & Sacha Sloan

👉 RSVP: https://t.co/3h1O9hf3Gu

[The Capitol Forum @Capitol_Forum]

Next week’s conference calls:

🗓️ Tue, May 26: Katherine Van Dyck on sports media costs & antitrust
🗓️ Thu, May 28: Matthew Scherer on AI spending & bubble risks
🗓️ Fri, May 29: Weekly Tech Policy Briefing Series with Teddy Downey & Sacha Sloan

👉 RSVP: https://t.co/3h1O9hf3Gu

[Center for Media & Digital Governance @CMDGtech]

This @JeffBezos interview was deeply misleading on so many counts, but chief among them is this: newspapers aren't going to magically become profitable unless we address the system that allows dominant platforms to stand between the news and revenue.

[Sarah Miller @sarahmillerdc]

80 percent of Democratic voters want to tear down our economic system.

Two-thirds want candidates who go after corporate monopolies.